Method and apparatus for memory cloning for a control device
US6941136B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07C9/00857
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A control device 11 for use with another device (such as a movable barrier operator 12) has multiple memory interfaces 26 and 27 to permit the contents of one memory to be copied to another memory to thereby create an effective clone of the first memory. This copied memory is easily removable from the control device 11 and thereafter stored separately as a back-up memory or used as the main memory in another control device 11. This effectively avoids a need for more tedious registration of authorized remote control transmitters in systems where the control device 11 interfaces with a movable barrier operator 12. In one embodiment, blocking information as corresponds to any of the otherwise registered transmitters can also be copied to the new memory when effecting this process.
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